1900_Philadelphia_Phillies_season
1900 Philadelphia Phillies season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1900 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 18th season for the National League franchise. The Phillies finished the season in third place in the National League with a record of 75–63.
| 1900 Philadelphia Phillies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | National League | |||
| Ballpark | National League Park | |||
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||
| Owners | Al Reach, John Rogers | |||
| Managers | Bill Shettsline | |||
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Bill Shettsline managed the Phillies, which played its home games at National League Park. The Phillies' lineup featured three future Hall of Famers in Ed Delahanty, Nap Lajoie, and Elmer Flick.
The team finished second in hitting (.290) and first in attendance with 4,313 fans per game.
Sign Stealing and Discovery
On September 17, 1900, at home in game 1 of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds, members of the Phillies were discovered to have been stealing opponents' signs using hidden wires and an electronic device.
Phillies’ backup catcher Morgan Murphy sat in center field by the team’s centfielder lockers and offices at the Phillies' ball park. The Phillies ran wires under the field from the seat to a battery-powered device buried in the dirt beneath the third-base coach’s box. Murphy spotted the opposing catcher’s signals to the pitcher and signaled once for a fastball and twice for a breaking ball. Phillies infielder Pearce Chiles coached third-base, received the signal beneath his feet, and then signaled to the batter.
During the third inning, Cincinnati’s Tommy Corcoran walked to the third-base coach’s box and began digging at the dirt with his cleats. Before the Phillies' groundskeeper could stop him, Corcoran had unearthed the electronic box and showed it to umpire Tim Hurst. Hurst disciplined no one, signaled the game to continue, and is reported to have shouted, “Back to the mines, men!”.[1]
Season standings
| National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Superbas | 82 | 54 | 0.603 | — | 43–26 | 39–28 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 60 | 0.568 | 4½ | 42–28 | 37–32 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 75 | 63 | 0.543 | 8 | 45–23 | 30–40 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 66 | 72 | 0.478 | 17 | 42–29 | 24–43 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 65 | 75 | 0.464 | 19 | 40–31 | 25–44 |
| Chicago Orphans | 65 | 75 | 0.464 | 19 | 45–30 | 20–45 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 62 | 77 | 0.446 | 21½ | 27–34 | 35–43 |
| New York Giants | 60 | 78 | 0.435 | 23 | 38–31 | 22–47 |
Record vs. opponents
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| Team | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
| Boston | — | 4–16–2 | 12–8 | 13–7 | 11–7–2 | 9–11 | 5–15 | 12–8 | |||||
| Brooklyn | 16–4–2 | — | 10–10–1 | 15–4–2 | 10–10 | 10–8 | 8–11–1 | 13–7 | |||||
| Chicago | 8–12 | 10–10–1 | — | 9–11–1 | 12–8–1 | 9–11–1 | 8–12 | 9–11–2 | |||||
| Cincinnati | 7–13 | 4–15–2 | 11–9–1 | — | 7–13 | 9–11–2 | 12–8 | 12–8 | |||||
| New York | 7–11–2 | 10–10 | 8–12–1 | 13–7 | — | 7–13 | 9–11 | 6–14 | |||||
| Philadelphia | 11–9 | 8–10 | 11–9–1 | 11–9–2 | 13–7 | — | 9–11 | 12–18 | |||||
| Pittsburgh | 15–5 | 11–8–1 | 12–8 | 8–12 | 11–9 | 11–9 | — | 11–9 | |||||
| St. Louis | 8–12 | 7–13 | 11–9–2 | 8–12 | 14–6 | 8–12 | 9–11 | — | |||||
Roster
| 1900 Philadelphia Phillies | |||||||||
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| Roster | |||||||||
| Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager | ||||||
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Ed McFarland | 94 | 344 | 105 | .305 | 0 | 38 |
| 1B | Ed Delahanty | 131 | 539 | 174 | .323 | 2 | 109 |
| 2B | Nap Lajoie | 102 | 451 | 152 | .337 | 7 | 92 |
| SS | Monte Cross | 131 | 466 | 94 | .202 | 3 | 62 |
| 3B | Harry Wolverton | 101 | 383 | 108 | .282 | 3 | 58 |
| OF | Roy Thomas | 140 | 531 | 168 | .316 | 0 | 33 |
| OF | Elmer Flick | 138 | 545 | 200 | .367 | 11 | 110 |
| OF | Jimmy Slagle | 141 | 574 | 165 | .287 | 0 | 45 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Dolan | 74 | 257 | 51 | .198 | 1 | 27 |
| Klondike Douglass | 50 | 160 | 48 | .300 | 0 | 25 |
| Pearce Chiles | 33 | 111 | 24 | .216 | 1 | 23 |
| Morgan Murphy | 11 | 36 | 10 | .278 | 0 | 3 |
| Bert Myers | 7 | 28 | 5 | .179 | 0 | 2 |
| Charlie Ziegler | 3 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Jacklitsch | 5 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 3 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Orth | 33 | 262.0 | 14 | 14 | 3.78 | 68 |
| Red Donahue | 32 | 240.0 | 15 | 10 | 3.60 | 41 |
| Chick Fraser | 29 | 223.1 | 15 | 9 | 3.14 | 58 |
| Bill Bernhard | 32 | 218.2 | 15 | 10 | 4.77 | 49 |
| Wiley Piatt | 22 | 160.2 | 9 | 10 | 4.65 | 47 |
| Jack Dunn | 10 | 80.0 | 5 | 5 | 4.84 | 12 |
| Al Maul | 5 | 38.0 | 2 | 3 | 6.16 | 6 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
| Roy Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 0 |
- Fitzpatrick, Frank (January 24, 2020). "The Phillies were accused of using technology to steal signs 117 years before the Astros". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 24, 2020.